Fazlur Rehman Khalil

Fazlur Rehman Khalil was the founder of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami.

Biography
Fazlur Rehman Khalil was a co-founder of HUJI in 1980 with Qari Saifullah Akhtar, and he would later go on to found Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. In 1998, he supported Osama Bin Laden's fatwa forming an international front against "Jews and Crusaders", and he also helped with the training of al-Qaeda fighters. He stepped down as HUM emir in February 2000, and Farooq Kashmiri succeeded him as commander. He was arrested in May 2004 for helping to transport Pakistani militants into Afghanistan, but he was released after six months. By 2011, he lived freely in the outskirts of Islamabad and maintained links with the Pakistan Army.